“Bock loses me sometimes with his outrageous metaphors, but his characters seem very real to me, and he brings a lot of insight into the minds of these misfits of society. I am really enjoying reading this book. Now if the kids would just let me read more than a page at a time I'd be super happy.”
“Anybody read this? I'm ready to quit--any reason to keep going?!”
“I DIDN"T until I read your post, and then I see your point...drug addicted pregnant girls, bratty twelve year olds, sociopaths like Ponyboy, victims like shaved head girl, expose of porn industry, tying multiple links together, trying to write a novel that includes EVERYTHING about Las Vegas......and yet I still think it is a good first novel. The use of multiple voices, the flow of the language, the sustained tension.....still think it is worth reading and I will probably read his future works......what do others think? Jane”
“Does anyone else think that the author is trying too hard?”
